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Post by sesley on May 19, 2009 18:35:26 GMT
is a tall thin person earning more than a fat short person in your work place? I am short, a bit over weight but not obese,my wages go on the time i have worked there and the hours i put in. so do small Chinese people earn less than tall Western people,because they are short? or because there as so many that they are just cheap to employ? www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25495962-5005941,00.html |
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Post by housesparrow on May 19, 2009 18:45:35 GMT
I have feeling that Chinese people are quite tall - taller than Japanese anyway and they can't really complain.
But I have heard that people with long legs are considered more attractive than people with short legs, which is really bad news for me. I'm an average height and weight under nine stone but.....
Well, you can guess the rest.
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Post by swl on May 19, 2009 19:15:09 GMT
No, it's just that money goes further for tall, thin people cos they can't get their hands all the way to the bottom of their pockets ;D
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Post by Flatypus on May 19, 2009 22:04:02 GMT
Just one little thing I notice there - or rather where. Post hoc ergo propter hoc is never a reliable maxim. Australia. Australians are sports mad and competitive, not just in it for the fun. Nearly all the population lives in near coastal cities and spends its time swimming and surfing. They don't need conscious discrimination. The less athletic short and fat will pick up enough sense of inferiority from the culture not to push too hard, not to have the same certainty about themselves as the ones who feel that if they didn't win this time mate, they bloody well will next.
I'll bet that similar studies could show variations in success between any physical or other type in different cultures, starting that in the Southern US states, overweight is likely to correspond with success.
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Post by everso on May 19, 2009 23:56:33 GMT
Yeah, well I'm tall and I was made redundant last year.  |
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Post by housesparrow on May 20, 2009 7:25:59 GMT
I once worked alongside a man (let us call him Graham) who was extremely tall and quite lean. When someone had to visit a potentially tricky customer our boss (middle height and a bit pudgy) who announce "This is one for Graham. He's tall enough!"
He was diplomatic (of course we all were!) but was probably less likely to be threatened.
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Post by Flatypus on May 21, 2009 23:07:02 GMT
I suppose there is something worrying in having to literally look up to people. It puts one in the position of a child perhaps. Maybe it has something to do with why women put so much more value on activities they associate as traditional to men than either sex does on women's. Unconscious physical intimidation leads to self-doubt and envy.
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Post by Patrick on May 22, 2009 9:45:37 GMT
Here's a Tall Thin Person!  'nuff said.  |
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Post by swl on May 22, 2009 13:40:15 GMT
Tall, thin men are also better endowed "downstairs". So I'm reliably informed by someone who did an extensive study.
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Post by housesparrow on May 22, 2009 13:45:44 GMT
Tall, thin men are also better endowed "downstairs". So I'm reliably informed by someone who did an extensive study. But did you still marry her? |
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Post by swl on May 22, 2009 13:59:28 GMT
;D
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Post by everso on May 22, 2009 19:11:37 GMT
Tall, thin men are also better endowed "downstairs". So I'm reliably informed by someone who did an extensive study. Ah, now you're talking.  |
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Post by everso on May 22, 2009 19:12:41 GMT
Tall, thin men are also better endowed "downstairs". So I'm reliably informed by someone who did an extensive study. But did you still marry her? Ask him about his eyebrows, Housey. Ask him. |
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Post by trubble on May 25, 2009 10:46:12 GMT
..and did you all notice that it was the tall team that won the apprentice last week?!
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Post by jean on May 25, 2009 12:56:17 GMT
I suppose there is something worrying in having to literally look up to people. It puts one in the position of a child perhaps. Maybe it has something to do with why women put so much more value on activities they associate as traditional to men than either sex does on women's. Unconscious physical intimidation leads to self-doubt and envy. You mean it's not all down to the feminists? What a relief! |
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Post by everso on May 25, 2009 13:21:36 GMT
I suppose there is something worrying in having to literally look up to people. It puts one in the position of a child perhaps. Maybe it has something to do with why women put so much more value on activities they associate as traditional to men than either sex does on women's. Unconscious physical intimidation leads to self-doubt and envy. You mean it's not all down to the feminists? What a relief!  Hurrah! |
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Post by housesparrow on May 25, 2009 16:56:53 GMT
But did you still marry her? Ask him about his eyebrows, Housey. Ask him. Everso, I've been worrying about this for some time. They don't meet in the middle do they? (A PM would be an acceptable response to avoid panic) |
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Post by trubble on May 25, 2009 17:27:58 GMT
They meet in the middle but that's not the worst of it. They continue to his ears. (Well, more so the left ear).
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Post by swl on May 25, 2009 19:28:10 GMT
They meet in the middle but that's not the worst of it. They continue to his ears. (Well, more so the left ear). |
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Post by bonbonlarue on May 25, 2009 20:50:43 GMT
I've just had the pleasure of meeting a man who is not very tall at all...but he is intelligent, humorous, highly successful in his career and remarkably attractive with it..
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